Hi all,
Sorry if this has been answered before. I'm back playing Minecraft after almost a year off. I previously played Ultimate (with RedPower2) but now am playing on a Direwolf server.
I know there are a lot of alternatives for RedPower2 objects, but I'm having trouble finding alternatives to the Transposer and the Filter. I need machines which can
Example One
In this example I receive Cobblestone from an Enderchest (attached to a quarry), then funnel it through a series of buffer chests (to increase storage capacity) into a recycler, then move through a buffer chest into a second Enderchest. In reality this setup would use 12-16 recyclers and have a storage capacity of about 200,000 blocks, capable of handling inputs from 4 quarries simultaneously.
The system only works if each inventory continuously passes items to the inventory in front of it, and then stops as soon as the next inventory is full. Transposers were great at doing this. Buildcraft pipes very quickly produce overflow, and with a looped circuit the system becomes very inefficient and there is the risk of the pipes bursting.
Example Two
In this example I am trying to semi-automate the fuelling of Stirling Engines. The first ender chest receives lava buckets from the Nether, then passes them through a buffer into the Engine. The filter immediately pulls the empty bucket from the Engine and sends it back to the nether via a buffer chest. Every now and then a player goes to the Nether, fills up all the empty buckets from a pump/tank and puts them back into the circuit.
This may seem pointless, but when there are 48 Engines powering a Quarry one player having to spend 2 minutes refilling buckets is a lot better than refilling every machine every 40 minutes!
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
PS: is there a good alternative to the Frame Motors to produce moving platforms? I used to enjoy easily picking up my equipment from one mining site and moving it a few dozen blocks in one direction, rather than having to rebuild everything
Sorry if this has been answered before. I'm back playing Minecraft after almost a year off. I previously played Ultimate (with RedPower2) but now am playing on a Direwolf server.
I know there are a lot of alternatives for RedPower2 objects, but I'm having trouble finding alternatives to the Transposer and the Filter. I need machines which can
- move an item from one inventory to another only if the second inventory has a free slot
- draw items from multiple inventories and deposit into a single inventory
Example One
In this example I receive Cobblestone from an Enderchest (attached to a quarry), then funnel it through a series of buffer chests (to increase storage capacity) into a recycler, then move through a buffer chest into a second Enderchest. In reality this setup would use 12-16 recyclers and have a storage capacity of about 200,000 blocks, capable of handling inputs from 4 quarries simultaneously.
The system only works if each inventory continuously passes items to the inventory in front of it, and then stops as soon as the next inventory is full. Transposers were great at doing this. Buildcraft pipes very quickly produce overflow, and with a looped circuit the system becomes very inefficient and there is the risk of the pipes bursting.
Example Two
In this example I am trying to semi-automate the fuelling of Stirling Engines. The first ender chest receives lava buckets from the Nether, then passes them through a buffer into the Engine. The filter immediately pulls the empty bucket from the Engine and sends it back to the nether via a buffer chest. Every now and then a player goes to the Nether, fills up all the empty buckets from a pump/tank and puts them back into the circuit.
This may seem pointless, but when there are 48 Engines powering a Quarry one player having to spend 2 minutes refilling buckets is a lot better than refilling every machine every 40 minutes!
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
PS: is there a good alternative to the Frame Motors to produce moving platforms? I used to enjoy easily picking up my equipment from one mining site and moving it a few dozen blocks in one direction, rather than having to rebuild everything
